Way back in January we set up avatars for player profiles, and we announced an avatar contest. We got 40 entries and have selected 16 of those to add to the avatar library. Check out the new avatars here!

To comment on the game, or suggest ideas for our next mega, please visit the forum.

Also, we've corrected the top race badges for the past three megas. Now you'll see either a "first place racename", "2nd-5th place racename", or "6th-10th place racename" badge on your profile, for Quince, Short & Sweet and Trouble. The badges are gold, silver and bronze, respectively.

We will be performing maintenance on our servers Saturday, July 19th, starting at 2:00pm (CDT, GMT -5:00). The maintenance window will be 2 hours. During this time, you may be unable to reach our websites, email, or DNS servers.-- Jimmie Bragdon

The thresholds on the Population badge have been changed in order to make it easier to earn.
The red badge is given for a world with 1,000 pop; orange - 2,000, yellow - 3,000, green - 4,000, blue - 5,000, violet - 7,500, silver - 10,000, gold - 15,000 population. Remember, that's for population on a single world, not total empire population.